WCF error - There was no endpoint listening at

Question

I am developing a WCF service, running IIS6 on Window server 2003. I have built a test client to talk to the WCF service and I am getting the error below. I have been looking at this error for days and went through people's suggestions on forums, but with no luck. Any help would be appreciated, many thanks

There was no endpoint listening at https://webbooking.infodata.uk.com/Synxis/Synxis.svc that could accept the message. This is often caused by an incorrect address or SOAP action. See InnerException, if present, for more details.

System.Net.WebException: The remote server returned an error: (404) Not Found.
  at System.Net.HttpWebRequest.GetResponse()
  at System.ServiceModel.Channels.HttpChannelFactory.HttpRequestChannel.HttpChannelRequest.WaitForReply(TimeSpan timeout)

Server stack trace: 
   at System.ServiceModel.Channels.HttpChannelUtilities.ProcessGetResponseWebException(WebException webException, HttpWebRequest request, HttpAbortReason abortReason)
   at System.ServiceModel.Channels.HttpChannelFactory.HttpRequestChannel.HttpChannelRequest.WaitForReply(TimeSpan timeout)
   at System.ServiceModel.Channels.RequestChannel.Request(Message message, TimeSpan timeout)
   at System.ServiceModel.Dispatcher.RequestChannelBinder.Request(Message message, TimeSpan timeout)
   at System.ServiceModel.Channels.ServiceChannel.Call(String action, Boolean oneway, ProxyOperationRuntime operation, Object[] ins, Object[] outs, TimeSpan timeout)
   at System.ServiceModel.Channels.ServiceChannelProxy.InvokeService(IMethodCallMessage methodCall, ProxyOperationRuntime operation)
   at System.ServiceModel.Channels.ServiceChannelProxy.Invoke(IMessage message)

Exception rethrown at [0]: 
   at System.Runtime.Remoting.Proxies.RealProxy.HandleReturnMessage(IMessage reqMsg, IMessage retMsg)
   at System.Runtime.Remoting.Proxies.RealProxy.PrivateInvoke(MessageData& msgData, Int32 type)
   at IOta2010A.ReservationSynch_SubmitRequest(ReservationSynchRequest request)
   at Ota2010AClient.IOta2010A.ReservationSynch_SubmitRequest(ReservationSynchRequest request) in c:\Development\WorkingFolder\Webservices\SynxisNew\App_Code\OTA2010A.cs:line 57589
   at Ota2010AClient.ReservationSynch_SubmitRequest(Security Security, DateTime& TimeStamp, String CorrelationID, String RelatesToCorrelationID, ReplyTo ReplyTo, OTA_HotelResNotifRQ OTA_HotelResNotifRQ) in c:\Development\WorkingFolder\Webservices\SynxisNew\App_Code\OTA2010A.cs:line 57601
   at Update.Page_Load(Object sender, EventArgs e) in c:\Development\WorkingFolder\Webservices\SynxisNew\Update.aspx.cs:line 72

Client config

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<configuration>
  <system.web>
    <compilation debug="true"/>
  </system.web>
  <system.serviceModel>
    <bindings>
        <wsHttpBinding>
            <binding name="ota2010AEndpoint" closeTimeout="00:01:00" openTimeout="00:01:00"
                receiveTimeout="00:10:00" sendTimeout="00:01:00" bypassProxyOnLocal="false"
                transactionFlow="false" hostNameComparisonMode="StrongWildcard"
                maxBufferPoolSize="524288" maxReceivedMessageSize="65536"
                messageEncoding="Text" textEncoding="utf-8" useDefaultWebProxy="true"
                allowCookies="false">
                <readerQuotas maxDepth="32" maxStringContentLength="8192" maxArrayLength="16384"
                    maxBytesPerRead="4096" maxNameTableCharCount="16384" />
                <reliableSession ordered="true" inactivityTimeout="00:10:00"
                    enabled="false" />
                <security mode="Transport">
                    <transport clientCredentialType="None" proxyCredentialType="None"
                        realm="" />
                    <message clientCredentialType="Windows" negotiateServiceCredential="true"
                        establishSecurityContext="true" />
                </security>
            </binding>
        </wsHttpBinding>
        </bindings>
        <client>
            <endpoint address="https://webbooking.infodata.uk.com/synxis/synxis.svc"
                binding="wsHttpBinding" bindingConfiguration="ota2010AEndpoint"
                contract="IOta2010A" name="ota2010AEndpoint" />
        </client>
    </system.serviceModel>
</configuration>

Service config

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<configuration>
  <system.web>
    <compilation debug="true" targetFramework="4.0">
      <assemblies>
        <add assembly="Pervasive.Data.SqlClient, Version=2.10.0.34, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=C84CD5C63851E072"/>
      </assemblies>
    </compilation>
    <authentication mode="Windows"/>
    <pages controlRenderingCompatibilityVersion="3.5" clientIDMode="AutoID"/> 
  </system.web>
  <system.serviceModel>
    <services>
      <service name="Synxis" behaviorConfiguration="SynxisWCF">
        <endpoint address="" name="wsHttpEndpoint"  binding="wsHttpBinding" contract="Synxis" />
        <endpoint address="mex" binding="mexHttpBinding" contract="IMetadataExchange"/>
      </service>
    </services>
    <diagnostics>
      <messageLogging logEntireMessage="true" logMalformedMessages="true"
         logMessagesAtServiceLevel="true" logMessagesAtTransportLevel="true"
         maxMessagesToLog="300" />
    </diagnostics>
    <behaviors>
      <serviceBehaviors>
        <behavior name="SynxisWCF" >
          <serviceMetadata httpGetEnabled="true" httpsGetEnabled="true" externalMetadataLocation="https://webbooking.infodata.uk.com/synxis/Synxis.svc.wsdl" />
            <serviceDebug includeExceptionDetailInFaults="true" />
        </behavior>
      </serviceBehaviors>
    </behaviors>
  </system.serviceModel>
</configuration>

Answer 1

You do not define a binding in your service's config, so you are getting the default values for wsHttpBinding, and the default value for securityMode\transport for that binding is Message.

Try copying your binding configuration from the client's config to your service config and assign that binding to the endpoint via the bindingConfiguration attribute:

<bindings>
  <wsHttpBinding>
    <binding name="ota2010AEndpoint" 
             .......>
      <readerQuotas maxDepth="32" ... />
        <reliableSession ordered="true" .... />
          <security mode="Transport">
            <transport clientCredentialType="None" proxyCredentialType="None"
                       realm="" />
            <message clientCredentialType="Windows" negotiateServiceCredential="true"
                     establishSecurityContext="true" />
          </security>
    </binding>
  </wsHttpBinding>
</bindings>    

(Snipped parts of the config to save space in the answer).

<service name="Synxis" behaviorConfiguration="SynxisWCF">
    <endpoint address="" name="wsHttpEndpoint" 
              binding="wsHttpBinding" 
              bindingConfiguration="ota2010AEndpoint"
              contract="Synxis" />

This will then assign your defined binding (with Transport security) to the endpoint.

Answer 2

I had the same issue. For me I noticed that the https is using another Certificate which was invalid in terms of expiration date. Not sure why it happened. I changed the Https port number and a new self signed cert. WCFtestClinet could connect to the server via HTTPS!

Answer 3

I was getting the same error with a service access. It was working in browser, but wasnt working when I try to access it in my asp.net/c# application. I changed application pool from appPoolIdentity to NetworkService, and it start working. Seems like a permission issue to me.